Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest have been cooking on cedar planks for thousands of years. It was a practical way to secure fish and other food to a surface so it didn’t fall into the ...

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Located near any display of seafood in a grocery store of fish market, you are likely to see boxes and bags of small wood planks. That’s because they just so happen to be the perfect vehicle for ...